Goodwin, Doris Kearns

Team of rivals : the political genius of Abraham Lincoln / Doris Kearns Goodwin - London : Penguin Books, 2009 - xix, 916 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 20 cm.

First published in the United States of America by Simon & Schuster 2005

Includes bibliographical references and index

Part I: THE RIVALS. - 1. Four Men Waiting. - 2. The "Longing to Rise". - 3. The Lure of Politics. - 4. "Plunder & Conquest". - 5. The Turbulent Fifties. - 6. The Gathering Storm. - 7. Countdown to the Nomination. - 8. Showdown in Chicago. - 9. "A Man Knows His Own Name". - 10. "An Intensified Crossword Puzzle". - 11. "I Am Now Public Property". - Part II: MASTER AMONG MEN. - 12. "Mystic Chords of Memory": Spring 1861. - 13. "The Ball Has Opened": Summer 1861. - 14. "I Do Not Intend to Be Sacrificed": Fall 1861. - 15. - "My Boy Is Gone": Winter 1862. - 16. "He Was Simply Out-Generaled": Spring 1862. - 17. "We Are in the Depths": Summer 1862. - 18. "My Word Is Out": Fall 1862. -19. - "Fire in the Rear": Winter-Spring 1863. - 20. - "The Tycoon Is in Fine Whack": Summer 1863. - 21. "I Feel Trouble in the Air": Summer-Fall 1863. - 22. - "Still in Wild Water": Fall 1863. - 23. "There's a Man in It!": Winter-Spring 1864. - 24. "Atlanta Is Ours": Summer-Fall 1864. - 25. "A Sacred Effort": Winter 1864-1865. - 26. The Final Weeks: Spring 1865.

9780141043722 (pbk.)


Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 --Friends and associates.


Political leadership--United States--Case studies.
Genius--Case studies.
Presidents--United States--Biography.


United States--Politics and government--1861-1865.

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